{"id":147386,"date":"2025-06-04T11:02:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event-publication&p=147386"},"modified":"2025-08-12T18:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:15:38","slug":"leonora-miano-ladies-of-the-throne","status":"publish","type":"event-publication","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/publikation\/publication\/leonora-miano-ladies-of-the-throne-147386\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e9onora Miano: Ladies of the Throne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cMost of the time, it is the power of men that we remember.\u201d These words open L\u00e9onora Miano\u2019s narrative around Mandu Yenu, a throne from the ancient Kingdom of Bamum (present day Cameroon). The Germans long claimed the object was a \u2018gift\u2019 from King Njoya to Kaiser Wilhelm II. Miano reads \u201cbetween the lines of beads and cowrie shells\u201d to show the complexity of colonial and gender relations. She reveals that Mandu and Yenu were royal wives in the Kingdom of Bamum. The very name of the object suggests – it is the power of women we should remember.<\/p>\n

Published by Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
\nDiaphanes, Paperback, 48 pages, 11 x 17 cm, ISBN 978-3-0358-0755-4<\/p>\n

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